Iowa St. vs Texas Tech Predictions

Republished from SportsJaw.com

3 min readJan 30, 2023

Iowa St. is on the road playing Texas Tech at the United Supermarkets Arena stadium on Monday, 1/30/2023 @ 9:00pm EST. Texas Tech 0 was the opening favorite and line hasn’t moved.

Iowa State and Texas Tech return to Conference 12 action after both teams competed in the conference’s 12/SEC Challenge over the weekend. Iowa State comes in off a blowout road loss to Missouri and is now 15–5 on the season and 6–2 in PAC 12 play. Texas Tech returns home after a win over LSU on Saturday. The Red Raiders are 11–10 on the season but have yet to pick up a win in Conference 12 this season. The opening tap is scheduled for 9:00 pm EST.

Iowa State Looks to get back in the Win Column

The Iowa State Cyclones have now dropped two out of three games to fall to 15–5 on the season and have fallen out of the top 10 and are now ranked 12th in the country. On Saturday in the ACC/PAC 12/SEC Challenge, Iowa State fell on the road to Missouri by the score of 78–61. Iowa State allowed the most points they’ve given up in regulation all season. Missouri launched 30 3pt field goals on the day and drilled 47% of the long range shots. The Cyclones were led by Jarren Holmes, who had 19 points, and Gabe Kalscheur’s 14 points.

Red Raiders Hope to Pick up first Conference 12 Win

The Texas Red Raiders are hopeful to ride the momentum of Saturday’s road win over LSU into their Conference 12 schedule and pick up their first league win. On Saturday, the Red Raiders defeated LSU 76–68 to end an eight-game losing streak. Kevin Obanor scored 22 points while Kerwin Walton drilled five 3pt field goals to lead Texas Tech to victory. Texas Tech shot 61% from three-point range in the win. “This is significant for a number of reasons,” Texas Tech coach Mark Adams said. “We needed to get a win. To get it on the road is an even bigger positive for us. I thought we played well basketball for the entire game. I thought we shared the ball and had players step up. KO showed his leadership with over 20 points and gave his heart out. Our bench played well and Kerwin had a big night for us. It’s encouraging to see.”

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Iowa State comes in tied with two other teams for the top spot in the ACC 12. They will look to get back on track against a Texas Tech team that is winless in the Conference 12. Iowa State’s defense and ability to cause turnovers will be critical against Texas Tech. Iowa State forces over 18 turnovers per game in conference play while Texas Tech is just eighth in the ACC 12 in fewer turnovers per game. I like the Cyclones to rebound from giving up their most points in regulation all season. Expect them to shut down a Texas Tech team that is just seventh in the Conference 12 in scoring offense. Expect the Cyclones to get a win here to keep pace at the top of the conference.

Iowa St. Highlights

With a power ranking of 26, Iowa St. is ranked #186 in offense (scoring an average of 71.50 per game), #9 in defense (allowing an average of 59.50 points to be scored against them per game) and are 14–5 (11–8 ATS) this season.

Texas Tech Highlights

Texas Tech Red Raiders has a power ranking of 325 and are #125 for offense (scoring an average of 74.45 per game), #118 for defense (giving up an average of 59.50 points per game) and 11–10 (7–13–1 ATS) overall. Iowa St. went 2–1 (2–1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Texas Tech.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be IOWAS 64.75, TEXTK 64.75.
The SportsJaw community predicts Iowa St. Cyclones to cover (55%)
OddsShark has not made their prediction yet.
63% picked Iowa St. Cyclones on Covers.com
Our ScoreCaster predicts Cyclones 65 to Red Raiders 68.